Six starred reviews!
A bold and irreverent YA novel that powerfully reminds us that there
are many different types of remarkable, The Rest of Just Live Here is
from novelist Patrick Ness, author of the Carnegie Medal- and Kate
Greenaway Medal-winning A Monster Calls and the critically acclaimed
Chaos Walking trilogy.
What if you aren't the Chosen One? The one who's supposed to fight the
zombies, or the soul-eating ghosts, or whatever the heck this new thing
is, with the blue lights and the death?
What if you're like Mikey? Who just wants to graduate and go to prom and
maybe finally work up the courage to ask Henna out before someone goes
and blows up the high school. Again.
Because sometimes there are problems bigger than this week's end of the
world, and sometimes you just have to find the extraordinary in your
ordinary life.
Even if your best friend is worshipped by mountain lions.
ALA Best Fiction for Young Adults * Cooperative Children's Book
Center CCBC Choice * Michael Printz Award shortlist * Kirkus Best
Book of the Year * VOYA Perfect Ten * NYPL Top Ten Best Books of the
Year for Teens * Chicago Public Library Best Teen Books of the Year *
Publishers Marketplace Buzz Books * ABC Best Books for Children * Bank
Street Best Books List